Faculty
Jennifer Perlmutter (2002) Ph.D.
Chair, Department of World Languages and Literatures; Associate Professor of French. Ph.D. 2001 Duke University
Anna Alsufieva (2009) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Russian. Ph.D. 2001 Herzen State Pedagogical University.
Pelin Basci (1997) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Turkish. Ph.D. 1995 University of Texas-Austin.
Silvia Boero (2007) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Italian. Ph.D. 2005 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Clifford Breedlove (2005) M.A.
Instructor of Arabic. M.A. 1995 Western Seminary, M.A.T. 1998 Portland State University.
Jenny Ceciliano (2009) M.A.
Instructor of Spanish. M.A. 2006 Portland State University.
William Comer (2014) Ph.D.
Director Russian Flagship Center; Associate Professor of Russian. Ph.D. 1992 University of California, Berkeley.
Enrique Cortez (2011) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 2011 Georgetown University.
Laurie Cosgriff (1999) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Ancient Greek. Ph.D. 1994 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Annabelle Dolidon (2008) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of French. Ph.D. 2008 University of California, Davis.
Jonah Eleweke (2013) Ph.D.
Senior Instructor of American Sign Language. Ph.D. 1997 University of Manchester (U.K.). Ph.D. 2004 University of Alberta (Canada).
Craig Epplin (2012) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 2009 University of Pennsylvania.
William B. Fischer (1978) Ph.D.
Professor of German. Ph.D. 1979 Yale University.
Nila Friedberg (2004) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Russian. Ph.D. 2002 University of Toronto (Canada).
Steven Fuller (1990) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of German. Ph.D. 1990 Stanford University.
Kathie Godfrey (2000) M.A.
Senior Instructor of German. M.A. 2001 Portland State University.
Lina Gomaa (2012) M.A.
Senior Instructor of Arabic. M.A. 2008 University of Salford (U.K.).
Gina Greco (1992) Ph.D.
Professor of French. Ph.D. 1992 Princeton University.
Yasmeen Hanoosh (2010) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Arabic. Ph.D. 2008 University of Michigan.
Martha Hickey (1992) Ph.D.
Professor of Russian. Ph.D. 1985 Harvard University.
Jon Holt (2010) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Japanese. Ph.D. 2010 University of Washington.
Isabel Jaen-Portillo (2010) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 2006 Purdue University.
Galina Kogan (1996) M.A.
Senior Instructor of Russian. M.A. 1972 Kiev State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages (Ukraine).
Laurence R. Kominz (1983) Ph.D.
Professor of Japanese. Ph.D. 1984 Columbia University.
Louiza Kondilis (2008) M.A.
Instructor of Modern Greek. M.A. 2004 Portland State University.
Christina Kreft-Tengblad (2007) M.A.
Adjunct Instructor of Swedish. M.A. 1989 University of Gothenburg (Sweden).
Timm Menke (1988) Ph.D.
Professor of German. Ph.D. 1983 University of Washington.
Quy Nguyen (2006) M.Ed.
Adjunct Instructor of Vietnamese. M.Ed. 2004 Portland State University.
Timothy Nidever (2012) M.A.
Instructor of Latin. M.A. 2009 University of Oregon.
Eva Núñez-Méndez (2002) Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 1998 University of Salamanca (Spain).
DeLys Ostlund (1991) Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 1993 University of Maryland.
Jonathan O. Pease (1986) Ph.D.
Professor of Chinese. Ph.D. 1986 University of Washington.
Lina Quiroga-Gonzalez (2013) M.A.
Instructor of Spanish. M.A. 2012 Portland State University.
Moshe Rachmuth (2012) Ph.D.
Senior Instructor of Hebrew. Ph.D. 2010 University of Oregon.
Stephanie Roulon (2011) M.A.
Senior Instructor of French. M.A. 2000 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Robert Sanders (2001) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 2001 University of Arizona.
Dirgham H. Sbait (1985) Ph.D.
Professor of Arabic/Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Folklore. Ph.D. 1982 University of Washington.
Anousha Sedighi (2005) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Persian. Ph.D. 2005 University of Ottawa.
Cynthia Sloan (1992) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese. Ph.D. 1995 Vanderbilt University.
Steven L. Thorne (2011) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Second Language Acquisition. Ph.D. 1999 University of California, Berkeley.
Stephen Wadley (1991) Ph.D.
Professor of Chinese. Ph.D. 1987 University of Washington.
Stephen Walton (1995) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of French. Ph.D. 1992 University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Ines Warnock (1999) M.A.
Senior Instructor of Spanish. M.A. 1999 Portland State University.
Josphat Waruhiu (2005) M.Ed.
Senior Instructor of Swahili. M.Ed. 2000 Lewis & Clark University.
Suwako Watanabe (1990) Ph.D.
Professor of Japanese. Ph.D. 1991 Georgetown University.
Patricia J. Wetzel (1984) Ph.D.
Professor of Japanese. Ph.D. 1984 Cornell University.
Evgenia Wilkins (2013) M.A.
Instructor of Russian. M.A. 2005 Saint Petersburg State University.
KyungAh Yoon (2010) M.Ed.
Instructor of Korean. M.Ed. 2002 Columbia University.
Angela Zagarella (1993) M.A.
Senior Instructor of Italian. M.A. 1984 University of Catania (Italy).
Emeriti Faculty
Jeanne Marie Bernard (1966) B.A.
Associate Professor Emerita of French. B.A. 1966 Portland State University.
George T. Cabello (1975) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Spanish. Ph.D. 1974 University of Arizona.
Roderic C. Diman (1960) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Spanish. Ph.D. 1971 University of Wisconsin.
Louis J. Elteto (1970) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of German and Hungarian. Ph.D. 1972 Louisiana State University.
Claudine G. Fisher (1972) D-es-L
Professor Emerita of French. Doctorat-es-Lettres 1983 University of Paris VIII (France).
Sandra Freels (1981) Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Russian. Ph.D. 1976 Stanford University.
Franz Langhammer (1960) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of German. M.A. 1952, Ph.D. 1956 Northwestern University.
Laureen K. Nussbaum (1973) Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of German. Ph.D. 1977 University of Washington.
Linda Parshall (1986) Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of German. Ph.D. 1974 University of London.
Earl L. Rees (1970) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Spanish. Ph.D. 1977 University of Southern California.
Kazem Tehrani (1975) Ph.D.
Associate Professor Emeritus. Ph.D. 1974 Columbia University.
Rita Rose Vistica (1975) Ph.D.
Associate Professor Emerita of French. Ph.D. 1965 Fordham University.